On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 03:42:52PM +0200, David Craven wrote:
> 1. A lint warning is just that a warning. I think in most cases there
> is no reason
> not sort them alphabetically.
>
> 2. The ordering may seem logical to the person who wrote the package
> initially,
> but then the next person comes along and modifies it. Over time we get a mess
> and whatever structure the initial author had in mind has disappeared.
For example, if there are some unusual native-inputs, it's nice to add a
comment exlaining what they are for. So, we end up with things like
this:
(native-inputs
`(("python2-nose" ,python2-nose)
("python2-mock" ,python2-mock)
;; For documentation
("python2-sphinx" ,python2-sphinx)
("python2-sphinx-rtd-theme" ,python2-sphinx-rtd-theme)
("python2-sphinx-repoze-autointerface"
,python2-sphinx-repoze-autointerface)
("python2-sphinxcontrib-programoutput"
,python2-sphinxcontrib-programoutput)
("texinfo" ,texinfo)))
I think that's a case where the knowledge embodied by the comments and
ordering is worth more than sorting alphabetically.
